Weather It Is (Stormy Weather On The Way)

 Good Morning:

It may only be Monday, but our next storm is showing up on our weather forecast maps.  It should be punctuated by unusually cold weather, heavy rain, and strong winds.  There is also a chance that the storm will move far enough southward to bring back a period of snow or ice in the central mountain areas. The storm and the cold air associated with it should arrive Thursday and last into Sunday;

For a while, forecasts were very hopeful that the trough of cold air would drift far enough south to provide enough cold to bring us a period of snow.  However, yesterday, the same forecasts now show a storm moving south of Scandinavia just prior to the arrival of our trough of low pressure. This would flatten the ridge over western Europe, and modify our wind flow such that the coldest air would remain to our north.  This is the likely scenario, and it would mean just rain and hail, even with cold temperatures. The most likely chance for a period of snow or ice is late Thursday night into Friday morning.  But, it is even more likely to just be a cold rain.

Barry Lynn